Message from the Chair
As Chair, I am pleased to present the 2025 Atlantic Used Oil Management Association Annual Report to Members. This report shows our progress in advancing used oil and glycol recovery across Atlantic Canada. Our efforts have strengthened the circular economy, ensuring used oil and glycol materials are managed responsibly to protect local environments.
Atlantic UOMA represents some 200 brand owners and distributors of oil and glycol materials across the Atlantic provinces. In 2025 we collected a combined volume of more than 11 million litres of used oil and glycol, more than 2.5 million used oil filters, and more than 1 million kilograms of oil and glycol containers. These are significant volumes diverted from provincial landfills to be given a second life.
In addition to managing the recovery of used oil and glycol materials, a key aspect of Atlantic UOMA’s work in 2025 was reinforcing the integrity of our environmental stewardship. We conducted a study on used oil filters in end-of-life vehicles, participated in a national study on used glycol and used oil, updated our public and business awareness research, and mapped the location and distribution of drop-off sites. Understanding the pathway of materials from sales to collection as well as the recycling behaviours of businesses and residents will help us further refine our program delivery strategies in the years ahead.
I would like to thank the Atlantic UOMA board members and staff for their work in 2025. Atlantic UOMA remains committed to being a responsible steward on behalf of the members we represent in Atlantic Canada, focused on leading the collection of used oil and glycol products across the region.
Sincerely,
Nick Dufour
Chair, Atlantic Used Oil Management Association
2025 Atlantic Board Members
- Chair Nick Dufour Superline Fuels
- Vice-Chair David Bois Retail Council of Canada
- Secretary Mathieu Poirier Stewart McKelvey
- Lynn Cormier Wakefield Canada Inc.
- Loulia Kouchaji Global Automakers of Canada
- Frédéric Potvin Catalys Lubricants
- Jason Fraser Parts for Trucks, Inc.
- Stéphane Landry Michaud Petroleum
- Helen Bennett Canadian Fuels Association
Board of Directors
Seated from left: Mathieu Poirier, Nick Dufour, and Loulia Kouchaji.
Standing from left: Jason Fraser, Lynn Cormier, Stéphane Landry, and Helen Bennett.
Missing from photo: David Bois and Frédéric Potvin.
Highlights 2025
Sales and Recovery Summary 2025
New Brunswick
Sales and Recovery Summary January to December 2025
As of December 31, 2025
Drop-off Locations and RIs
The map below shows the distribution of Drop-off locations in New Brunswick. In 2025, there were 170 participating drop-off locations for DIY mechanics and households that have small quantities of used oil and glycol products to be recycled. An online locator at RecycleMyOil.ca can be used to find the nearest drop off location.
Prince Edward Island
Sales and Recovery Summary January to December 2025
As of December 31, 2025
Drop-off Locations and RIs
The map below shows the distribution of Drop-off locations in Prince Edward Island. In 2025, there were 41 participating drop-off locations for DIY mechanics and households that have small quantities of used oil and glycol products to be recycled. An online locator at RecycleMyOil.ca can be used to find the nearest drop off location.
Newfoundland & Labrador
Sales and Recovery Summary January to December 2024
As of December 31, 2025
Drop-off Locations and RIs
The map below shows the distribution of Drop-off locations in Newfoundland and Labrador. In 2025, there were 137 participating drop-off locations for DIY mechanics and households that have small quantities of used oil and glycol products to be recycled. An online locator at RecycleMyOil.ca can be used to find the nearest drop off location.
Nova Scotia
Sales and Recovery Summary January to December 2025
As of December 31, 2025
Drop-off Locations and RIs
The map below shows the distribution of Drop-off locations in Nova Scotia. In 2025, there were 502 participating drop-off locations for DIY mechanics and households that have small quantities of used oil and glycol products to be recycled. An online locator at RecycleMyOil.ca can be used to find the nearest drop off location.
Members
Atlantic Used Oil Management Association 2025
Funding and Collection
The Atlantic Used Oil Management Association is a not-for-profit, industry association which manages the collection and recycling of used oil and glycol products across the Atlantic region. The Association collects Environmental Handling Charges (EHCs) from members to administer the program.
Members: (Brand Owners/Producers or first importers or suppliers of oil and glycol products) remit EHCs on the products sold in the region. See chart below for the 2025 EHCs by product for each province.
Collectors: Companies who pick up used oil products sold in the region from Drop-off locations and Generators at no cost. These companies receive payment – Return Incentives (RIs) – from the Atlantic Used Oil Management Association. See the provincial overviews in this report for the RIs paid in 2025.
Drop-off locations: Establishments (garages, car dealerships, etc.) which serve as drop-off locations for DIYers/households for recycling.
Generators: Industrial, commercial, and institutional (ICI) operations that generate large quantities of used oil and glycol products for recycling.
Processors: Companies who give a second life
to used oil and glycol products.
Used Oil and Glycol Recycling is governed by provincial Regulations and Stewardship Agreements.
Pictured BELOW
A purpose-built
sea container at
Pictou County Solid Waste
site in Nova Scotia
This is one of 16 supplied by Atlantic UOMA to support
used oil and glycol product collection at waste management facilities
and municipalities across the region in 2025.
